Help with possibly fake pigment, please!

[dangerpin]

I did a bad thing and turned to eBay when I couldn't find Burnt Burgundy pigment anywhere.

I received mine today, and I'm thinking that it's fake, but wanted some confirmation so I don't accuse a good seller of selling counterfeit pigments.

I'm a little on the fence, mostly because of a post I saw elsewhere where a jar that looked similar to mine was deemed as being real:
My Makeup Review - MAC fake pigment vs. real thing:

Anyway! Here are some photos of my pigment in question:

In case some are mega hard to see, the batch code is A86 and is shown on a clear label on the bottom of the jar, as well as printed on top of the bar code (which I've never seen done before, but then again I don't have a bunch of pigments to compare it to).

Please let me know if you need a photo of anything else that will help me figure this crap out.


Here are a few things that I noticed:
- there is no ingredient listing on the box (the 2 boxes that I do have list them on one side)
- ingredients only listed in the warning paper thingy inside the box
- no printed batch code printed on the box itself, just on the barcode label. I've seen this done for other products, but not pigments.. does this happen?
- label on the box is wide and not as long
- lid seems a bit... shiny? But I hear that this sometimes happened with PRO pigments.

Thanks again for your help! <3

 

[panda0410]

This looks like a counterfeit, but, is the there any chance you can get a clearer picture of the base of the jar at all please just to be sure?

 

[rockin]

Looks counterfeit to me, too. There are 3 things that flag it up for me

 

[julie150463]

quote=panda0410;1939028]This looks like a counterfeit, but, is the there any chance you can get a clearer picture of the base of the jar at all please just to be sure?[/quote]

The one I bought at the weekend is only 2.5g

 

[panda0410]

Julie I can't see the base insignia in yours that I was looking for in the top, in the top pigment its there, but not clearly. Yours has an unusual UPC sticker, is it supposed to be 2.4gm? I got rid of my BB piggie and only some of the pro colours were 2.4gm, it was so long ago I cant remember if these older jars were 2.4gm or 7gms?

 

[julie150463]

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Originally Posted by panda0410 Julie I can't see the base insignia in yours that I was looking for in the top, in the top pigment its there, but not clearly. Yours has an unusual UPC sticker, is it supposed to be 2.4gm? I got rid of my BB piggie and only some of the pro colours were 2.4gm, it was so long ago I cant remember if these older jars were 2.4gm or 7gms?

LOL - I've never 100% got to grips with all this fake piggie malarky. All I can tell you was this one was bought by myself at a CCO so has to be authentic (have receipt

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Will email you later

x

 

[Care]

hold your jar up to the light at an angle, see if you can see very faint lines etched into the plastic that run horizontally around the jar. All of my authentic pigments have them, my one fake did not.

I know matte pigments are 2.5g. My Pink matte pigment is also 2.5

 

[panda0410]

^^Not all of the mattes are 2.5gm, there are several that are not

 

[angi]

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Originally Posted by panda0410 ^^Not all of the mattes are 2.5gm, there are several that are not

Do we have a list of the ones that are meant to be 7.5g and those that are meant to be 2.5g anywhere? I've been slowly trying to put one together, but without actually buying all the mattes (or those that look like mattes), it's pretty difficult.

 

[dangerpin]

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Originally Posted by julie150463 quote=panda0410;1939028]This looks like a counterfeit, but, is the there any chance you can get a clearer picture of the base of the jar at all please just to be sure?

The one I bought at the weekend is only 2.5g

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This helped a great deal! Thank you so much! And so the quest for Burnt Burgundy continues. -_-

 

[dangerpin]

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Originally Posted by Care hold your jar up to the light at an angle, see if you can see very faint lines etched into the plastic that run horizontally around the jar. All of my authentic pigments have them, my one fake did not. I know matte pigments are 2.5g. My Pink matte pigment is also 2.5

Thanks for the tip!!

 

[MissResha]

this is totally fake, i can tell by the lid alone, in the most recent pic you posted, look at the edge of the lid closest to the box (which also gives it away), its all shaved lookin. i can also see that fake plasticky appearance.

burnt burgandy is a very popular fake on eBay too.

 

[julie150463]

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Originally Posted by MissResha this is totally fake, i can tell by the lid alone, in the most recent pic you posted, look at the edge of the lid closest to the box (which also gives it away), its all shaved lookin. i can also see that fake plasticky appearance. burnt burgandy is a very popular fake on eBay too.

Which jar are you referring to the A86 or the A67? The A67 was bought on Saturday at a CCO so can not be counterfeit

 

[LMD84]

i am swaying towards the OP's pigment being fake. it's the lid that makes me think twice about it -too shiney and also looks like the shape is slightly off... although that could just be the angle of the photo of course...

 

[marusia]

It's def a fake. Like MissResha said, the lid is shaved. Also, the weight is off, that's the most obvious in comparison.

I think from now on, if I ever get a fake, I'm just going to mix it with clear nail polish and make some pretty colors LOL. That's the only thing I could think to do, unless you wanted to mix it with a medium and paint, like gesso or something.